Rail Coalition to Discuss Tunnel Plans

Elected officials, transportation professionals and the public are invited to the next Raritan Valley Rail Coalition meeting at 8:30 a.m. Monday.

The featured speaker will be Howard Sackel, acting assistant vice president of Amtrak’s high-speed rail program.  Mr. Sackel is project manager in charge of Amtrak’s Gateway Tunnel project.

He will discuss the Gateway project, proposed Northeast Corridor improvements and the important long-term economic and transportation impacts the project could have on the Raritan Valley and Northeast Corridor lines, New Jersey and the entire northeastern region of the United States. 

Mr. Sackel is the former director of the ARC Project for the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey.   

The meeting will be held in the third-floor freeholders’ meeting room in the Somerset County Administration Building, located at 20 Grove St.  Free parking is available in the Bernie Field Parking Deck adjacent to the Somerset County Administration Building; the deck entrance is off East High Street.

NJ Transit rail and bus service is a short walk from NJ Transit’s Somerville train station and various NJ Transit bus routes. For NJ Transit bus and rail schedule and fare information, call (973) 275-5555 or visit www.njtransit.com

For questions, directions or more information about the meeting, contact the Raritan Valley Rail Coalition at (908) 231-7021, by fax at (908) 707-1749 or by e-mail at rvrc@co.somerset.nj.us